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The 5th Wave

2016

J Blakeson

Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Alex Roe, Liev Schreiber ...

4.0

9,192

Sci-Fi Four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth in ruin. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. As she prepares for the inevitable and lethal fifth wave, Cassie teams up with a young man who may become her final hope - if she can only trust him.

	Author	Review
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"For those kids looking for a little more 'sci' in their 'fi,' The 5th Wave acts as a perfect Alien Invasions 101 assignment for the teen set (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United Kingdom	Olly Richards Empire	"Everything that comes after the confident, dangerous first half-hour just makes you pine for what could have been as this devolves into ten-a-penny teen-lit sludge (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"[An] uneventful Mockingjay-lite (...) whatever hairstylist Moretz is using to get that perfect, chicly tousled, end-of-the-world look just right? (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEG
United States	Harry Windsor The Hollywood Reporter	Another week, another plucky teenage girl with the fate of the world on her shoulders, buffeted by smoldering glances from two strong, yet sensitive, young men	NEU
United States	Clark Collis Entertainment Weekly	"A movie with a very high bodycount but a very small amount of grit, either emotional or literal"	NEU
United Kingdom	Sarah Ward Screendaily	"Like many films designed to double as opening chapters in ongoing screen sagas, The Fifth Wave always feels padded, its focus on establishing a springboard for future sequels rather than satisfactorily exploring its own narrative"	NEG
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	“'The 5th Wave' is very much a January release — in other words, not very good (...) For its first half hour, the movie is interesting and alarming in the best way (...) Rarely does a movie that fails so utterly start so well"	NEG
United States	Eddie Cockrell Variety	"An effectively decent post-apocalyptic, young-adult, world-in-the-balance survival thriller."	POS

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